Dozens of passengers are in critical condition after a VIP bus collided head-on with an articulated truck.
The accident occurred around 9:00 pm Tuesday, June 21,2022at Oframase near the Nkawkaw stretch of Accra to Kumasi Highways in the Eastern region.
According to an eyewitness, both vehicles upon approaching a stationary Rhino truck carrying charcoal in the middle of the road attempted to pass without observing oncoming traffic hence the head-on collision.
The victims including the driver are on admission at Holy Family Hospital in Nkawkaw.
Meanwhile, twenty-two (22) passengers were injured in a near-fatal accident on the Suhum stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway at about 12:15 pm same Tuesday at Densuso near Suhum in the Eastern region.
The accident involved a sprinter bus from Accra to Kumasi with registration number AC 435 -20.
The report says the speeding vehicle with passengers aboard burst a tyre and in the process, the driver lost control of the steering wheel and crashed.
22 people injured including the driver have been sent to the Suhum government hospital.
Meanwhile, three persons are in critical condition in a near-fatal accident at Akyem Tafo in the Eastern region.
The accident occurred when a speeding Toyota Corolla with registration number GB 3547-21 crashed into a shop on the Akyem Old Tafo stretch of the Bunso-Koforidua Highway after the driver was crossed by Tricycle.
The three victims all male adults aboard the vehicle sustained injuries and were rushed to Osiem Hawa Memorial Saviour Hospital where they have been admitted.
According to sources, the Toyota vehicle was speeding from Koforidua towards Suhum but attempted to swerve a tricycle that was making an illegal U-turn on the road but lost control of the steering wheel, and veered off the road and rammed into a metal container shop at the roadside.
Fortunately, the shop was closed hence nobody was inside.
A joint team of Police and NADMO officials arrived at the scene to rescue the victims to Hospital.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
